Show THE CEIS n 1 dapper a ihna in kailika Ka iliva ED special r chronicle service NEW YORK dec 20 the small and modest notices furnished lie associated press announcing the railway concession granted to french capitalists to construct a road from the atlantic at t guatemala city to connect at that point with the guatemala central railroad to the pacific have an importance but little comprehended as yet by sew york and san francisco shippers doing buri nesa with central america four years go a dipper little frenchman turned up in who seemed to represent nobody and have no particular bus inena engagements little attention was paid to bis movements ha tired of guatemala and returned to balella La lella franco Two ears ago be returned to guatemala better and abundantly supplied with money the guatemala central at that time was owned by C P huntington morion alissa co and the Vander bilta and a aase in their contract gave them the refusal of any other line in the republic when the nw conc was signed without their knowledge they through the american d aam a protest which was evidently listened to because the adem bly failed to pass a in w and the scheme tell through to overcome over rome this protest a h cat represented by the houie of LB fere in magnificently bought out central down cash and the concession passed alie assembly now all parties are happy the french syndicate has its concession and the americans are glad to get out of the country whole the sate of this railway removes from Gaut emala the only large aloer 10 interests in the country and puts alie germane with their ciree investments and the french in practical control the la ferrea ad van e about to build alie line the government of issuing an equal amount of 1 per ce t guarantee interest bonds but the french are to control the r jaa for alie first term of fifty beare |